06-06-2019, 05:48 PM
I have only owned 2 boats. A 2004 17' Lund Pro-Sport with a 115 HP 4 stroke Merc with hydraulic steering and power trim and tilt, and a 2007 14' Lund with a 15 HP 4 stroke Tiller Merc.
I used a TS with my 17's Lund at the recommendation of the dealer that sold it to me. (it was the first boat I ever owned). I only had it for 2 years, so can't say if the TS I had on it was a positive or negative.
But I have never used a TS on my 14' Lund. That 15 HP is thru bolted to the transom, not just "clamped on" and the trailer frame is so far up under the stern hull, I would have needed to make a special TS with a "bend" in it to go out from the trailer frame, then up to the motor lower unit.
First time I trailered that boat anywhere I noticed what another has posted, the motor would swing back and forth in a turn. So I got a ratcheting cargo strap, hooked one end to the lifting handle around the front of the motor, pulled the motor all the way over to the left side, then looped the other end of the strap down around the stern hull and around the back trailer frame. Take a few ratchets on the strap, and for 12 years now, my motor stays in place no mater how hard of a turn I make. There isn't anything attached to the motor LU, so if the trailer and boat "bounce" a bit on a bumpy road, the boat and motor will bounce together, but the motor won't swing violently back and forth.
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I used a TS with my 17's Lund at the recommendation of the dealer that sold it to me. (it was the first boat I ever owned). I only had it for 2 years, so can't say if the TS I had on it was a positive or negative.
But I have never used a TS on my 14' Lund. That 15 HP is thru bolted to the transom, not just "clamped on" and the trailer frame is so far up under the stern hull, I would have needed to make a special TS with a "bend" in it to go out from the trailer frame, then up to the motor lower unit.
First time I trailered that boat anywhere I noticed what another has posted, the motor would swing back and forth in a turn. So I got a ratcheting cargo strap, hooked one end to the lifting handle around the front of the motor, pulled the motor all the way over to the left side, then looped the other end of the strap down around the stern hull and around the back trailer frame. Take a few ratchets on the strap, and for 12 years now, my motor stays in place no mater how hard of a turn I make. There isn't anything attached to the motor LU, so if the trailer and boat "bounce" a bit on a bumpy road, the boat and motor will bounce together, but the motor won't swing violently back and forth.
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"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder